Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday met interim Afghanistan Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund.
FM Qureshi has arrived in Kabul for a day-long visit and is set to hold important talks with the Afghan leadership, a statement issued from the Foreign Office said.
Ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan, Mansoor Ahmed Khan took to Twitter and wrote, “Bilateral talks underway in presence of leading Afghan Ministers for facilitating people to people interaction, trade, transit & connectivity between two brotherly nations.”
The foreign minister’s visit reflects Pakistan’s consistent policy of supporting the brotherly Afghan people, deepening bilateral trade and economic relations, and facilitating closer people-to-people contacts, read the Foreign Office’s statement.
FM Qureshi has arrived in Kabul for a day-long visit and is set to hold important talks with the Afghan leadership, a statement issued from the Foreign Office said.
FM Qureshi is the third foreign minister after Qatar and Uzbekistan to visit since the Taliban took power after ousting Ashraf Ghani’s regime.
